Christa Bell
#BlackLivesPortal (Red Series), NFT
Every Woman Biennial, 2021
Superchief Gallery, NY, NY
Cootch
Vagina
Meat Wallet
Vulva
Babymaker
Oochie Wally
One-Eyed Wormhole
Sticky Licky
Stinkbox
Wrinklewagon
Whore Hole
South Mouth
Pum Pum
Crotch Waffle
Coochie Pop
Fur Burger
Funky Stuff
Fuzzbox
Goodies
Coochie-Coochie-Coo
Honeyhole
Na-Na
Nookie
Notorious V.A.G.
Octopussy
Mudflaps
Cootch Vagina Meat Wallet Vulva Babymaker Oochie Wally One-Eyed Wormhole Sticky Licky Stinkbox Wrinklewagon Whore Hole South Mouth Pum Pum Crotch Waffle Coochie Pop Fur Burger Funky Stuff Fuzzbox Goodies Coochie-Coochie-Coo Honeyhole Na-Na Nookie Notorious V.A.G. Octopussy Mudflaps
Christa Bell, 1001 Holy Names For Coochie: An Endurance Mantra
Seattle Art Museum, 2012 & 2025 (For Roe V. Wade), Seattle, WA
the yams collective
Info:
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About US:
HOWDOYOUSAYYAMINAFRICAN? An arts collective of artists, writers, composers, academics, film makers and performers from around the world who collaborate across disciplines and cities: Including New York City, Seattle, Paris, Berlin, Oslo, Los Angeles, Anchorage, Detroit and more.
Christa Bell
I am a writer, curator, performance artist, facilitator and multimedia conceptual and re-appropriation artist who cares deeply about creative methodologies and pathways to freedom through meditations on the body.
My work investigates and attempts to conceptually restore the sacredness of the bodies of Black womxn, and our children, within the Western canon of the divine.
I am a founding member and internal curator for the arts collective HOWDOYOUSAYYAMINAFRICAN? and co-interventionist of the viral essay, “The Problem With Beyhive Bottom Bitch Feminism”. My curatorial, visual, writing and performance work have been exhibited and/or presented at The Whitney Museum of American Art; The Every Woman Biennial; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; The Witte de Withe Center for Contemporary Art (Rotterdam); The Jacob Lawrence Gallery, TEDx Barnard, National Public Radio (NPR) and the Seattle Art Museum among many other universities, galleries, theaters and performance venues.
In addition to performing, curating and producing art, I facilitate restorative justice circles, create and facilitate earth and body-centered spaces for healing anti-Blackness and I create and facilitate healing and empowerment workshops and retreats for artists and womxn.
Upcoming Events
Lincoln Center, NY, NY
Summer For The City: OUR ECHOES BE BLOOM
The Garden at Damrosch Park
July 11, 2025 at 5:00 pm
UTOPIA Washington, Seattle, WA
Spring 2025 Retreat: An Earth-Centered Approach To Healing Anti-Blackness And Reclaiming Alignment With Our Re-Membered Selves (with Bea Anderson)
April 25, 2025
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Plestcheeff Auditorium
January 2, 2025 at 7:00 pm
